“Inside Today’s FBI”

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Surveillance dinosaur

When a 5-year-old Alabama boy was held hostage in an underground bunker in 2013, the FBI sent toy dinosaurs with hidden cameras into the bunker to entertain the child and keep the kidnapper under watch. This is the FBI’s backup device.
Photo: Amy Joseph/Newseum; device: Loan, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Assault rifle and tarot card used by the D.C. snipers

The D.C. snipers shoplifted this Bushmaster assault rifle to carry out their deadly attacks in fall 2002. They left this tarot card, shown front and back, near one of the shootings in an attempt to communicate with authorities.
Photos: Amy Joseph/Newseum; artifacts: Loan, National Law Enforcement Museum

SUV and homemade bomb used in 2010 Times Square bombing attempt

This 1993 Nissan Pathfinder was rigged to explode in New York’s Times Square in 2010. Inside the SUV was a homemade bomb that failed to explode, which included this gas can, propane tank, pressure cooker pot and these alarm clocks.
Photos: Amy Joseph/Newseum; artifacts: Loan, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Diagram of SUV and materials used in used in 2010 Times Square bombing attempt

This diagram shows how the alarm clock, gas can, propane tanks and pressure cooker pot were rigged to explode inside an SUV left in New York’s Times Square in 2010.
Photos: Amy Joseph/Newseum; diagram: U.S. Department of Justice/Kevin Lamarque/Courtesy Reuters; artifacts: Loan, Federal Bureau of Investigation